St Brelade Census & Population Lists

The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.

The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.

The 1891 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.

St Brelade Wills & Probate Records

A index to testators whose will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. They principally cover those who lived in the lower two thirds of Britain, but contain wills for residents of Scotland, Ireland, British India and other countries. A copy of each will may be purchased for digital download.

An index to wills and administrations that incurred a death duty tax. The index can be used to order documents that give a brief abstract of the will and details on the duty. It can be used as a make-shift probate index.

Newspapers Covering St Brelade

A newspaper published for those who escaped from the German occupied Channel Islands during WWII. It contains reports on the military front on the islands, with details on persons deported to Germany; obituaries; birth, marriage & death notices and general news of interest to former islanders. The newspaper is fully text searchable.

A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.

St Brelade Court & Legal Records

From the late 18th century many prisoners in Britain were kept on decommissioned ships known as hulks. This collection contains nearly 50 years of registers for various ships. Details given include: prisoner's name, date received, age, year of birth and conviction details.

St Brelade Taxation Records

An index to wills and administrations that incurred a death duty tax. The index can be used to order documents that give a brief abstract of the will and details on the duty. It can be used as a make-shift probate index.

St Brelade Land & Property Records

Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.

A rich collection of records documenting those who worked for railway companies that were later absorbed by the government. Records include: staff registers, station transfers, pensions, accident records, apprentice records, caution books, and memos. Records may include date of birth, date of death and name of father.

Indexed medical journals from British ships containing personal and medical details of patients. The journals list names, ages, rank/status, diseases, illness duration and notes on symptoms and treatment. Contains details on military men as well as people immigrating or being deported to colonies.

A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering St Brelade

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

St Brelade Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

A newspaper published for those who escaped from the German occupied Channel Islands during WWII. It contains reports on the military front on the islands, with details on persons deported to Germany; obituaries; birth, marriage & death notices and general news of interest to former islanders. The newspaper is fully text searchable.

Index and original images of over 5 million medal index cards for British soldiers It can be searched by individual's name, Coprs, Unit and Regiment. Due to the loss of many WWI service records, this is the most complete source for British WWI soldiers

St Brelade Immigration & Travel Records

A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.

A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.

A list of over 40,000 passengers traveling from North America to the British Isles. Details of passengers may include: occupation, nationality, gender, age, martial status, class, destination, and details of the vessel they sailed on.

An un-indexed collection of over 100,000 documents of correspondence and other documents of the Home Office and the Aliens Office. Contains a great deal of information on aliens and those who applied for naturalisation.

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.

A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.

St Brelade Information

Historical Description

ST. BRELADE is a parish, including the town of St. Aubin, and is bounded on three sides by the sea. The village is situated on the western shore of St. Brelade’s bay, which at its entrance, from Les Jetures to La Cotte Point, on the east, is about one mile wide. Mont a la Brune, a lofty ridge, rises on the northern boundary of the parish, which is traversed by the St. Aubin’s and Corbiere section of the Jersey railway, with stations at Don Bridge, about three quarters of a mile north from the church and 5 ½ miles west from St. Helier, at St. Aubin, and the terminus at Corbiere. The parish church of St. Brelade is 2 miles from St. Aubin, and so close to the shore that its walls at high water are washed by the sea; it dates from the year 1111, being the oldest church in the island, and is an edifice of granite, with a stone covered roof, consisting of chancel, naves, transepts and a small turret, with belfry: the font, also of granite and dating from the 10th century, was lost during the Cromwellian period, but was found in 1860 about a mile from the church: there are sittings for 400 persons. The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £150, with residence and five acres of glebe, in the gift of the Crown and held since 1892 by the Rev. John Arthur Balleine Theo. Assoc. K.C.L. The Fishermen’s chapel, said to date from the 10th century, is a vaulted structure of rough granite pebbles about 30 feet long by about 12 wide; the interior walls are decorated with paintings, representing incidents in the life of Christ and supposed to date from the 14th century, and some of these are in a very good state of preservation. There is also a French Wesleyan chapel in the neighbourhood. The Corbiere lighthouse stands on a rocky islet off Corbiere Point, the western extremity of the parish. The rock on which the lighthouse is built is distant about 1,700 feet from the mainland, and is reached by a concrete way at half tide level and a long flight of steps leads up to the lighthouse, which is constructed of concrete and is about 130 feet above sea level. La Rocco Tower and Fort, which stands on an islet in St. Ouen’s bay, and about half a mile from the coast, is chiefly remarkable as an evidence of the encroachment of the sea, since is was once nearly half a mile inland; it is now entirely disused. Near La Moye, in the south-west part of the parish and close to the sea, are granite quarries. Some of the material for the construction of the Thames embankment was quarried here. There are also rifle butts, used by the regiments stationed on the island, and a disused battery. The Rev. William de Quetteville M.A. of Noirmont Manor, St. Aubin’s, is the principal landowner. The soil is sandy; subsoil, gravel and granite. The chief crops are potatoes and roots. The area of the civil parish is 3,157 acres; capital value, £330,000; the population in 1901 was 2,231.